List of all articles filed under “kenya-industry” category.
Akshay Shah shares his assessment of the packaging industry in Kenya and East Africa and discusses latest trends in the packaging sector. He also gives an overview of Silafrica, a leading regional player specialized in rigid plastic packaging, and talks about latest news and upcoming plans.
Akshay Shah, Group Executive Director at Silafrica, the leading rigid plastic packaging manufacturer in Kenya, discusses the company’s commitment to only manufacture 100% recyclable packaging by the end of 2025.
Sawan Shah discusses new projects by Tropical Heat Group, and talks about upcoming products, including a healthy snack foods line. Tropical Heat was established in 1973 as a small ethnic snack cottage industry and is now one of the leading manufacturers of spices, seasonings, snack foods, breakfast cereals and healthy snacking in Kenya and the East African region.
Sawan Shah, CEO at Tropical Heat Group, gives an overview of the company and discusses innovation and recent developments. Tropical Heat was established in 1973 as a small ethnic snack cottage industry and is now one of the leading manufacturers of spices and snacks made in Kenya.
Ashut Engineers Limited is a major manufacturer of high-quality warehouse racking and storage solutions at affordable prices in Kenya. The racking systems are manufactured locally, hence enabling Ashut to customize and meet the customers’ needs at the customers’ budget, and also ensure that the space if fully maximized, hence saving costs.
Jigna Patel presents Ozone Beverages, a water purification company based in Kenya, and Ozone Overseas, which promotes turnkey projects for water companies and plants and machinery. She also talks about competitive advantages, challenges to be faced, success stories, and shares her vision for the future in the medium term.
Jigna Patel, Director of Ozone Beverages, gives an overview of Ozone Beverages, a water purification company based in Kenya, and Ozone Overseas, a company specialized in providing investors with turnkey projects related to water packaging and machinery.
Founded in 1980, at a small workshop in Nairobi, Ashut has grown into a celebrated brand with clients and projects across Kenya and Africa at large, and currently occupies a 250,000 square metres space, located Along Nyahera Road off Lunga Lunga Road, with a modern showroom displaying a wide range of products every day of the week, including weekends and public holidays.
As part of corporate social responsibility of giving back to the society, Ashut has sponsored the Fruity Schools Africa project, an initiative to nourish, sweeten and brighten the future of the children of Kenya. Under the Fruity Schools project, different varieties of fruit trees were planted in 337 schools in Nairobi in 2021, each school having an orchard of 41 fruit trees.
With more than 40 years of experience in East Africa, Ashut employs over 1,300 people and offers a wide range of products and solutions made from plastic, steel, wood and aluminium, including: home furniture, warehouse racking and storage, supermarket shelving and convenience store fittings, office furniture, staff lockers and filing cabinets, school furniture, hospital furniture, agriculture equipment, as well as industrial drums.
